I have replaced all the drives in a Pegesus R4 (was 4 x 1TB) with 4 x 3TB drives. How do I set it to RAID5 as it previous was
Regards Michael
Raid 5
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Michael McRostie
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08 March 2017
Venkatachalam Settu
posted this
08 March 2017
Hi Michael,
Please follow the below mentioned steps.
1. Open promise utility - Click the lock symbol on the left bottom corner of the screen to unlock the utility.
2. Click Wizard option on menus -> Click -> Automatic option -> Click -> Submit
your logical drives are always formatted automatically.
Please refer the product manual for more details.
http://promise.com/DownloadFile.aspx?DownloadFileUID=1589
Thank you.
Michael McRostie
posted this
08 March 2017
Thanks for the prompt reply
I have unlocked and the only option in the wizard is the Advanced
It does say under Wizard
"There is only passthrudisk in your system"
Thanks in advance
Michael
Venkatachalam Settu
posted this
08 March 2017
You have to change all the drives to unconfigured state and create an RAID5 setup using automatic option.
- Open Promise Utility,
- Check under physical drive tab, the status of the inserted drives, it will be 'Pass-Thru', click on 'settings' for the Physical drive and change it from 'PassThru' to 'Unconfigured' and CONFIRM it.
Thank you.
Michael McRostie
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08 March 2017
- Last edited 08 March 2017
Thankyou
The information provided worked
How long do you think the Synchronization will take? and is there any other background task I should be doing
Thanks
Venkatachalam Settu
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08 March 2017
The synchronization process will take several hours to gets completed. Please make sure to set the background synchronization rate is high.
- Open Promise Utility -> Click Background activities -> Click Settings -> Change the rate to "High" and save it.
Thank you.
Michael McRostie
posted this
08 March 2017
Thankyou
Alll good
have a great day :)
Michael McRostie
posted this
08 March 2017
Sorry Venkatachalam
I was just reading re Initalization - Do I have to do that before the synchronization or can it be done at the same time - Thanks again
Michael McRostie
posted this
09 March 2017
Hi All
Just started the Raid 5 after all the above and the Osx said It cannot recoginise the disk and do I want to inilisalize it
Any Answers?
Hariprasad Velmurugan
posted this
09 March 2017
Hi Michael,
It seems that Volume is visible in the host machine. Could be drive error in the unit needs to be analyzed complete subsystem report in order to find out the exact issue. Please call technical support at 408-228-1500 or reach out through support case at https://support.promise.com.
Below are the steps to save the logs
Open the promise utility then unlock the utility
Click on subsystem information in the pegasus utility
Then click on save service report.
Please find the below Product Manual for reference
http://promise.com/DownloadFile.aspx?DownloadFileUID=1707
Regards
Hari
